After less than half a year, Tang Yi returned to the capital again and re-presided over the cabinet meeting, unlike the unjustifiable second assistant in the past, this time Tang Yi is the real first assistant of the cabinet, the most powerful person in the Ming Dynasty, yes, including Longqing!

On this day, Tang Yi deliberately arrived at the conference room half an hour early, the wide Taishi chair, dark red wood color, simple and elegant, I don't know how many years this chair is, but when I heard that Xia Yan was there, it was there, not to mention that it was decades, but it was still new. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It's just that its owner has changed many appointments, Xia Yan, who is a hero, Yan Song, who is a honey-bellied sword, Xu Jie, who is heavy, and Li Chunfang, who is weak and incompetent......

In front of Tang Yi's eyes, one figure after another kept flashing, and finally appeared in front of him, a middle-aged man with a lovely smile.

"In action, the country is the government, and the people of the world should be thought of and the society of the country should be thought. Seek life and seek the country, the unity of knowledge and action, success and benevolence, promote my heart to learn, this heart is bright, remember to remember! ”

Tang Yi's eyes were red, "Teacher, the disciple will not be able to be a saint like you in this life, but the disciple will never forget the lessons of your old man!" ”

Tang Shunzhi's figure dispersed, Tang Yi sat on the chair, motionless, he thought of Yan Song again, thought of Xu Jie, how to be the first assistant, how to realize the ideal in his heart......

I thought about it a lot, a lot, until there was a sound of footsteps outside, and I retracted my chaotic thoughts and regained my composure.

Gao Gong, Zhao Zhenji, Chen Yiqin, Zhang Juzheng, Tang Ruji, Zhang Siwei, the six cabinet elders were all here, and the eyes of the big guys fell on Tang Yi, although they had talked about it before, but as an official as the first assistant, presiding over the cabinet meeting, it is still very important, everyone wants to hear what Tang Yi has to say.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Longqing New Deal has been implemented for more than a year, and it can be said that the reform has touched the real key thing, and strong resistance has emerged. How to carry out the Longqing New Deal is a test of the wisdom and courage of each of us. We are at the helm of the Cabinet and shoulder the hopes of all the people in the world, and what a heavy burden we have. Kong said that he became benevolent, and Meng said that he took righteousness. I hope the big guy forgets those eight words. ”

Everyone present was stunned, and said that the lessons of Confucius and Mencius were gone?

"We can't be self-willed, we can't ignore it, we don't want to be benevolent, what we want to do is success! Only when the new law is truly implemented, truly effective, and supported by all the people, and no one can push it over or overthrow it, will it be truly successful! I hope that you will take a long-term view and treat both the symptoms and the root causes. Don't avoid the problem, don't be reckless, in short, we must take the new coup d'état law as our lifelong mission, pour our hearts and souls, and complete it together! ”

Tang Yi's words are not only a warning, but also an expectation, and also imply a criticism of the world. Being an official is not a scholar, a saint, and you can't play petty. The literati always have the mentality that it is a big deal for Lao Tzu to go home to study and cultivate the fields, and they always feel that they are worthy of their hearts, so they can hide in their own peach blossom paradise and don't care about anything.

Tang Yi hated this, and he repeatedly emphasized responsibility and responsibility, which is the reason.

Several pavilion elders listened to it in their ears, and they had relatives in their hearts, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng both had a strong mentality of merit, and Tang Yi's words were very appetizing.

Zhao Zhenji and others often say that they take the world as their own responsibility, and they nod frequently when they hear it.

"Princess, now let's discuss how to overcome difficulties." Tang Yi didn't say much, and left the opportunity to several other elders.

Gao Gong was the first to jump out, and he said with a dark face: "Lord Shoufu, the old man is presiding over the rectification of the bureaucracy and the elimination of redundant personnel. ”

"If you have any problems, please tell me."

"That's the case, the old man thinks that the imperial court has been flooded in recent decades, just take Huang Jin, who died last year, as an example, his two nephews have been the shadow officials of Jinyiwei's command, including nephews, the Huang family has more than a dozen gifted officials, and the youngest is also a hundred Jinyiwei households, how can Huang Jin be so preferential?"

"Grandpa Huang!" Tang Yi couldn't help but be embarrassed, to put it mildly, Huang Jin wrote in Hai Rui, and Longqing succeeded to the throne, he made a lot of efforts in the middle, Longqing was grateful to Huang Jin, and it was also for Tang Yi's face that he gave the Huang family generous treatment, and now Gao Gong mentioned it, Tang Yi did not evade it.

"Huang Gonggong does have meritorious service to the court, but such a reward is indeed over, didn't one of his nephews pass to Huang Jin, give him an official position of Jinyi Wei Qianhu, and forget the rest, what does Gao Ge always think?"

Gao Gong nodded rarely, "Huang Jin is still a trivial matter, in recent years, there have been people under the pretext of "Jiajing's Testament", asking the imperial court to show mercy to the ministers who were previously convicted, and just this month, the officials also sent more than a dozen copies of begging for favor. ”

"What?"

Tang Yi was stunned, Jiajing had been dead for almost three years, and the edict drafted by Xu Jie, admonishing the convicted officials, the survivors were summoned, and the dead were compassionate to the dead.

The first batch of officials entered the court in the first year of Longqing, why are they still there?

"Hmph, all the princes came from the Jiajing Dynasty, how many of them are officials who have really been convicted? We all have an account in our hearts. Those who really fought traitors, Kuang Fu Sheji's loyalty, such as Shen Lian, Shen Qingxia, and Zhang Jing and Zhang Banzhou, none of them went to the book to beg for favor. On the contrary, it is a group of people who sell their fame and reputation, and even corrupt and pervert the law, they are under the banner of the edict, deceiving the world and stealing fame, reversing black and white, which is simply shameless and hateful! ”

Gao Gong was so angry that he scolded, he couldn't get used to it for a long time, but when Li Chunfang was there, half of the cabinet was Xu Jie's students, and he had a big hat of the edict, Gao Gong really had no choice.

Now that Li Chunfang is gone, there are still three left, Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Siwei are not worried, only Zhao Zhenji is the real trouble.

The tall beard pondered that Tang Yi was back, and he was not afraid of falling out with Lao Zhao, so he couldn't wait to mention it.

Zhao Zhenji's face was very dark, but he didn't speak, it is true that some people use the edict to make a fuss, and the old master can't stand it, but after all, the edict is Xu Jie's proud work, and as a disciple, it is not easy for him to say anything.

"In the past 100 years, the rule of culture has flourished, and the crime does not affect the family. In terms of merit, however, there are so many favors and shadows that official positions are overflowing. Well, both of my dogs have positions, and tomorrow I will take the lead in asking for a waiver. In the future, except for the husband and wife's parents, they should not be easily favored, given officials, and given orders. ”

Although Tang Yi did not say his attitude clearly, he set an example and took the lead in setting an example, but the other six people had nothing to say.

This article was overturned, and the "Jiajing Testament" was completely invalidated, and there were few traces of Xu Jie's remaining in the imperial court.

The next person to speak was Tang Ruji, who smiled bitterly, "Shoufu, Zhugong, to put it mildly, among the new policies, only the military system has changed the least, ashamed, ashamed!" ”

Gao Gong laughed, "Elder Tang Ge, you don't mean what you say, calm me down, in the eyes of the world, I'm afraid that your military system is the most fruitful!" ”

Tang Ruji laughed dryly, and didn't even dare to say it.

"I thought that after this victory over Alta, the imperial court would garrison troops in the grassland, and the entire defense line would move north, and the nine sides of the original million-strong army would have no value. The opportunity to abolish military households, rectify the generals, change the military system to a conscription system, establish martial arts, select suitable generals, and employ people according to their talents, is ripe for a major reform! Tang Ruji said excitedly, he took out a thick fold from his sleeve and put it in front of everyone.

Don't really say it, Tang Ruji has worked hard.

He advocated the reduction of the establishment of Jiliao and Xuanda, the Fei Wei Institute, and the construction of the province, and 10,000 recruits in each place to ensure safety.

Tang Yi agreed, with the current combat effectiveness of the Ming army, 10,000 elites, can definitely defeat 10,000 cavalry and 40,000 elite soldiers, which is enough to deter the grassland. After all, at the moment, no one in the grassland tribes can pull up 10,000 horses casually, and their strength will be even weaker in the future.

Now that it is safe, all that remains is how to solve the original generals and military households.

Tang Ruji proposed that all current hereditary officers should be evaluated, and those who have the ability to stay in the army should be abolished, and at the same time, the hereditary lineage should be abolished, so that future generations would no longer have to continue to serve as soldiers. As for those who did not pass, they were exempted from hereditary official positions three times in a row, and the imperial court provided fields plus some silver as compensation.

To put it bluntly, it is to buy back their hereditary positions.

This method is simple and effective, and no one has mentioned it before, but the question is where to find the silver?

After laying down the Hetao, even with Tang Ruji's courage, he has a lot of land in his hands, and he dares to be bold and bold, and he has lifted the tumor of Jiangmen.

Otherwise, it is said that reform must have a source of living water, and it will not be possible to get out of it just by spinning around in the original pattern.

"Tang Ge Lao, the generals of the nine sides, are still hereditary military households, after all, they have lived for one or two hundred years, and they have different ideas, so they can't generalize. You arrange people to find out what they think about the plan, and summarize them. Within half a year, it started from Xuanda reform. ”

Tang Yi was the governor of Xuanda, and he suggested that Ma Fang and Yang An establish a military academy and assess hereditary generals.

Now the steps are bigger and more thorough, starting from Xuanda, it is a matter of course.

Tang Ruji readily agreed, and when he was ready for the end of the cabinet meeting, he personally went to Xuanfu, and it was best to go around the grassland to see how great the pressure on border defense was, understand the situation of people's livelihood, and then implement reforms, so as to hit the nail on the head and implement it smoothly.

Instead of coming up with a hundred strategies that cannot be implemented, it is better to come up with a real new law that is valuable.

"Yuanfu, the implementation of Qingzhang Tianmu is not smooth, at present, only Jiangxi, Fujian, Liangguang and other places are progressing relatively quickly, and other major grain-producing provinces are full of difficulties." Zhang Juzheng said in a muffled voice.

Everyone's faces sank, and they all knew that the real trouble was coming!

"Elder Zhang Ge, what do you think is the reason? Tang Yi asked with a smile.

"Qi Qi Shoufu, I think that some highly respected ministers used Shilin to obstruct the clearance, so that it could not be completed on time."

Tang Yi asked again, "Elder Zhang Ge, what do you think should be done?" ”

"Me?" Zhang Juzheng was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "I recommend Hai Rui to serve as the governor of Nanzhili, in order to implement the new law, cut through the nets!" (To be continued.) )